Arriving at Dutch Harbor at midnight in June, 1942, First Sergeant Paul Plesha barely had time to sleep before he woke to the sound of a ship firing--and the start of combat with the Japanese. In recounting the battle, he recalls instances of losing men under his command, friendly fire, and enemy planes flying so close to the ground that he could see the pilot’s face. He spent the next 20 months in the Aleutians, coping with frigid conditions and lack of infrastructure, before returning to the States.